Do you know the company Mannington Commercial? Yes? No? Doesn't matter, actually. The reason I am telling you about them is that they're holding a contest and I think you should know about it.
Basically, they are inviting textile/ interior designers (and architects!) to create a flooring design, upload it to their website, get friends and ...Read More >>
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Tags: contest, Design, flooring, innovation, Interiors, Material, Textiles
Leave A CommentI cannot wait to check out this textile exhibit at Cristina Grajales Gallery in Manhattan. Hechizoo Textile, working with skilled weavers and artisans, creates rugs, upholstery and curtain fabric as well as architectural screens and meshes.
The innovative use of materials also sets Hechizoo apart from other textiles. The integration of indigenous vegetable fibers such as ...Read More >>
Tags: Design, Fabric, Interiors, Material, Textiles, Upholstery, Woven
Leave A CommentYes, that Starbucks. No, they haven't stopped making coffee. What they have started doing, though, is furnishing their interiors with a revolutionary new textile made from natural and renewable materials.
Through upcycling (creating waste materials into new products), Starbucks coffee sacks are combined with wool to create a completely unique sustainable fabric called "WoJo". The company ...Read More >>
Tags: Design, Fabric, Fibers, Furniture, innovation, Interiors, Material, Sustainable, technology, Textiles, Upholstery, wool
Leave A CommentYou may remember that back in April, I wrote a little piece on the use of a polymer that is made using castor beans. At the time of writing, the round bodied and lustrous yarns were mainly being used in undergarments. One curious reader commented on the post asking why it was only really ...Read More >>
Tags: Fabric, Fibers, innovation, Material, Sustainable, technology, Textiles, Woven
1 commentThe Fall runway shows wrapped up without a single documented PETA-sponsored prank. I found this ironic considering how many pelts decorated the catwalks. They came patchworked at Fendi and Acne, positively ferocious at Lanvin, and in the form of an ultra-plush peacoat at Burberry Prorsum. At Chanel, everything from the house's classic tweeds and quilted, ...Read More >>
Tags: Fabric, Fabric Supplier, Fashion, new vendors, sourcing, Textiles, Trends
1 commentFor the past 30 years, Carnegie Fabrics, a home and commercial interior textile company, has been manufacturing a fabric called Xorel. No, it's not a photocopying machine. It's an environmentally conscious alternative to vinyl. It's woven from polyethylene, is very safe in manufacture, use, and disposal, incredibly durable, and easy to clean.
Tags: Design, Fabric, Fabric Supplier, Fibers, Furniture, innovation, Interiors, Material, new vendors, sourcing, technology, Textiles, Upholstery, Woven
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